Example sentences of "had gone [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when all the people had gone no one laughed , and after a while no one spoke any more . |
| 2 | His feelings had gone no deeper than the surface . |
| 3 | He said that the economy was now stabilizing ; inflation had fallen to around 5 per cent , and unemployment had gone no higher than 2 per cent . |
| 4 | After they had gone no more than ten metres they were shot dead . |
| 5 | If the statutes had gone no further , it might have been said that the regime was simply trying to turn all serfs into " obligated peasants " ( in line with Nicholas I 's statute of 1842 ) . |
| 6 | Parker , Oakland 's starting pitcher , had gone a full eight innings before George Bell finally broke his hit-left streak by depositing the ball over the left-field fence . |
| 7 | The Officer had gone a few yards when he suddenly fell to the ground . |
| 8 | I had gone a few paces when there was a loud crashing explosion behind me . |
| 9 | After they had gone a complete silence that only reflected itself settled down like lead and was broken only by the sound of Moran removing his boots to go to bed early . |
| 10 | Whereas the Victorians had gone a bit ‘ foreign ’ with some of their house designs , Inglewood was as English as you could get , and looked like a clean , clear-cut , practical version of Cheshire 's most famous half-timbered house , Little Moreton Hall . |
| 11 | By the middle of the fourth century , Christianity had gone a long way towards assimilating the dominant culture of pagan Romans . |
| 12 | In addition to his other troubles , Jackie had gone a bit hard of hearing . |
| 13 | Whisper it not at the British Heart Foundation , but we knew that , as well as the salt , into that dinner had gone a dozen eggs , a couple of pints of cream , half a pound of butter , a quarter-pound of sugar and about half a pint of Calvados . |
| 14 | The girls had come out of surgery ‘ looking like they had gone a couple of rounds with Frank Bruno ’ . |
| 15 | As soon as he had gone a furious argument broke out . |
| 16 | Tenison 's face had gone a blotchy pink ; his eyes were staring . |
| 17 | Indeed , my father 's face had gone a dull reddish colour , like no colour I had seen on a living being . |
| 18 | I saw no signs and had gone a few miles before I saw my first human being . |
| 19 | She had gone a long way , when she came to a big foot . |
| 20 | Then before I had gone a few yards I felt a tug on my back . |
| 21 | She had full view of the stage and of the three female impersonators , kicking up their legs in a dance , the rhythm of which had gone a little awry . |
| 22 | Teclis was stronger now , the potions of the Loremasters had gone a long way towards giving him mortal strength . |
| 23 | By the 1680s the old-fashioned cavalry of the pomeshchiks had disappeared as an independent force , the streltsy were restricted to internal policing duties , and Muscovy had gone a long way towards establishing a professional army . |
| 24 | She had gone a long way towards admitting that the King could not live of his own . |
| 25 | Again Clare wondered if she had gone a bit too far , speaking so negatively about Gran 's novels , and being so emphatically against the trust . |
| 26 | He was straining hard now , and still nothing was happening ; everything had gone a couple of shades darker , and the roaring in his ears drowned out everything else . |
| 27 | She 'd found her way to Charlie through another of the contact magazines , back in the days when his wife had been handling that end of the business ; she 'd had to send along a photograph and that had gone a little against the grain — in all of her moonlighting so far , she 'd never let slip so much as her name — but everything had worked out well . |
| 28 | Sims 's smile had gone a little rueful and he was looking down at his hands , turning a gold-tipped cigarette in his small fingers . |
| 29 | They had gone a long way without her even knowing it and they were riding beside the lake she had seen from the air . |
| 30 | She had been one of them once , but suddenly she had gone a long way away . |